The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-25
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

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The controller of the currency has
approved the First National bank of
Strurgis, as a reserve bank.
The body Of James O'Haire, brown.
ed OF Huron was taken to his parents
in Wisconsin.
There are complaints Of too much
rain in various localities.
Delbert Buzzell, IL years old, was
accidentally shot in the face and head
and killed by Bruce Merry, 5 years
old, 20 miles SOUTH of West City.
Grading has begnn on the Sioux
Falls ends OF both the Illiaois Central
and Duluth, Willmar & Sioux Falls
railways. ses55 t-
VIM. Kellogg, a Sioux Falls wife
beater was sentenced to work out q
term on the chain gang.
At Mandan. in the trial of the
Indian boy fighter for the murder Of
the white boy Whitmer, last October,
the jury returned a verdict OF not
guilty. 49, 2
o. c. Tiesen. one of Fargo's oldest
citizens, aged eighty.three, died recent
ly. He emigrated from Norway to
Madison, Wis, forty-one years ago,
and is said to be one of the first set
tiers Of that nationality.
A terrific hail stormpassed over the
Tray farm, six miles east Of Dawson.
The hail stones were as large as hick-
DRY nuts. All the windows in the de.
pot were broken, small buildings were
overturned, q barn was blown of it's
foundation.
At Faulkton, Dakota after a. three.
days trial before Justice Mace, Ben
A. Thompson was held to the next
grand jury ON the charge of %assaulting
ID. 0. and Sarah Hillman.
Burglars effected entrancei into three
hotels and several stores at Redfeld.
One travelling man lost about 81. 500,
including money and notes. Others
lost sums of money, mileage tickets,
clothing and other articles.
The Manitoba engineers have locat-
ted the depot at Huron. !
1t has been discovered that the
medical examiner law, under which a
full board was appointed, was defeat
ed in the council and is consequently
no law at all. The council journal
shows this. Auditor Ward has very
sensibly Cancelled his warrant paying
Examiner Harris out OF the Yankton
hospital fund. "
A Dispatch from Faulkton says:
The final survey of the Pierre, Duluth
& Black Hills railway in being made.
The surveyors are camped near
Faulkton, on their way from Aberdeen
to Pierre. Little or nc difficulty has
been experienced in procuring right of
way from Aberdeen to this Mace, g.
distance of forty-six miles. The dis
lance from Aberdeen to Pierre is
about one hundred and twenty-five
miles. 1t is expected that the line
will be graded to Faulkton this fall,
and possible to Pierre.
A dispatch from Washington Springs
says: Wheat is yielding nearly or
quite twenty bushels per acre, and the
late rains have put corn in shape to-
turn out fifty bushels per acre. Grass.
is simply wonderful, the yield being the
largest since the settlement Of this
comfy. Millet is g. very heavy crop,
and will yield throughout the county
three tons per acre. Stock is in excel
lieut. condition, with an abundant
pasture for the fall.
At Sioux Falls, w. n. Potter, a
subscription solicitor for the Carter
Bros publishing house, vas bound.
over to await the action of the grand
jury on the charge of forgery and
larceny. From the evidence it ap-
pears that he forged an order for a
school apportionment order for $50
and impersonated another party in
order to srcure the money. He then
committed forgery at the Fairview
postofice to secure q registered letter.
Excitement prevails throughout the
south point of the Washington hills
over the discovery of what promises
to be a very rich find Of silver
sand. There is no question as to the
quality-it is pure, and it is believed
to underlie this whole country. It
was found on a sand bank on the
place of Thomas Mitchell, n mile
west Of Washington Springs.
Iroquois has raised $4,000 towards
building a Touring mill at that place.
The Masons OF Deadwood have pur-
chased a $4,000 lot and will erect a
$4,000 temple thereon.
A Brookings man bought q tree
claim for $500 this spring, three miles
from town, on which he has already
cut 800 tons Of hay, for which he.
has beenofered 81 per ton.
Lee Wah, q Chinese laundryman,
after a residence of eighteen years in.
the United States, has taken out nat
uralization papers at Faulkton.
Rev. +. B. Nash, ofFargo. has been
appointed chaplain OF the first Dako-;
ia regiment.
George C. Min, the tragedian, has
been playing at Grand Forks and
other places.
A petition has beenp put in circula-